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Alina Paradowska lived in Warsaw. She was only 18 when Gestapo arrested her in July 1942 as a suspect in elimination of the informer installed by the Germans within the Polish resistance. First detained at Pawiak, she was deported to #Majdanek in January 1943. #WomenofMajdanek 
At #Majdanek Alina wrote poems like To My Mother: Oh Mother, you gave yourself up to save our lives,
Can I somehow repay you with my own sacrifice?
I dream of you and I feel your presence around,
And yet I snap back, To the barracks,
And the others’ faces keeping me astound.
Can I somehow repay you with my own sacrifice?
I dream of you and I feel your presence around,
And yet I snap back, To the barracks,
And the others’ faces keeping me astound.
In KL Lublin Alina worked in various labour groups including the auxiliary personnel and later nursing staff at the women’s camp infirmary. In April 1944 she was transferred to KL Ravensbrück and then to the Leipzig kommando (KL Buchenwald subcamp). She survived. #WomenofMajdanek
Helena Pawluk née Błeszyńska worked for the Central Welfare Council – a charity that during WWII helped the prisoners of #Majdanek. When she learned that her family’s doctor & friend – a Polish Jew named Pryłucki – was detained in the camp, she helped him escape. #WomenofMajdanek
Pryłucki & Helena were soon caught by the Germans. Helena became an enemy of the Reich and a prisoner of #Majdanek herself, with a temporarily delayed death sentence for helping a Jew. She miraculously survived. Read the full story in our #Varia magazine: bit.ly/3g1fAwd
Help us commemorate the 80th anniversary of establishing the women's concentration camp at #Majdanek. The first females were deported to KL Lublin in October 1942 and were placed in only partially constructed barracks at field V. Discover their stories through #WomenofMajdanek
